Video — 1961 Rural Civil Defense TV spots use marionettes. (Via Endless Parade of Excellence)
“Goblin’s Ball” — creepy one-page comic story from 1962 horror comic.
Rescued ducklings enjoy life in a teacup.
Free ebooks: Three 1940s mystery novels “featuring private eye Doan and his remarkable sidekick, a gigantic fawn-colored Great Dane named Carstairs.”
Reader comment:
Eric says: “I don’t know if you’re aware, but one of the novels you linked to a free ebook of, “The Mouse in the Mountain” by Norbert Davis, also called “Rendezvous with Fear,” was one of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s favorite novels, so much so that he almost wrote a letter to Davis, and loaned it to his students to read. (Reference: Ray Monk, The Duty of Genius, p. 528-529)”
MP3s — Goobers: anthology of 26 kids songs by artists like Foetus and Tiny Tim.
Previously on Boing Boing:
• ASASICOMK, Vol 1
• ASASICOMK, Vol 2
• ASASICOMK, Vol 3
• ASASICOMK, Vol 4